American National Biographies: Provides information on deceased Americans only. You can type a person's name in the Quick Search box, or browse by alphabetical listing of a name (use the Browse tab at the top of the page). You can also use the Advanced Search option (click on the Search tab at the top of the page) to search by additional criteria and characteristics (e.g., ethnicity, occupation, birth date).
Citation information is included at the end of the article, but you need to insure that it is in the proper MLA format.
Biography Resource Center:Provides information on living and deceased persons of both American and International heritage.
You can search using the Search by Name box, but make sure that you click the appropriate button below to define the approach of the search (i.e., Name Contains, or Start of Last Name). You can also Browse categories or use the Advanced Search to combine terms (i.e., use Boolean Operators).
Citation information is included at the end of the article.
American History Online African-American History American Women's History: Select the database most appropriate for your research. You can select the Biographies tab on the left of the page under Browse and choose a Topic or Time Period under which an alphabetical listing of biographies are listed (use this option if you are uncertain of a person's name format), or you can type a name into the Search Box. The results for all resource categories will be listed under the All Results tab. Select the Biographies tab to view only biographical profiles.
Citation information is included at the end of the article. ProQuest Historical New York Times The New York Times from 1851 to 2001 provides detailed obituaries of notable people. On the right side of the search page look under the Famous Dead People heading. You can browse for information listed by last name (select the first letter of the person's last name and view an alphabetical listing by name). After selecting a person from the list you will be directed to a page with the full name, with several tabs above it. Select the Print tab to read and print the article in a readable format. Select the Citation/Abstract tab to obtain citation information.
The American Dream PowerPoint presentation on people who exemplify the American Dream; from the Brigham Young Univ. website.
Academy of Achievement: People Who Have Achieved the American Dream: Interviews and profiles. Use the alphabetical index at the bottom of the page to locate specific people by last name.
The American Dream
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Databases: Biographies
American National Biographies: Provides information on deceased Americans only. You can type a person's name in the Quick Search box, or browse by alphabetical listing of a name (use the Browse tab at the top of the page). You can also use the Advanced Search option (click on the Search tab at the top of the page) to search by additional criteria and characteristics (e.g., ethnicity, occupation, birth date).
Citation information is included at the end of the article, but you need to insure that it is in the proper MLA format.
Biography Resource Center:Provides information on living and deceased persons of both American and International heritage.
You can search using the Search by Name box, but make sure that you click the appropriate button below to define the approach of the search (i.e., Name Contains, or Start of Last Name). You can also Browse categories or use the Advanced Search to combine terms (i.e., use Boolean Operators).
Citation information is included at the end of the article.
American History Online
African-American History
American Women's History: Select the database most appropriate for your research. You can select the Biographies tab on the left of the page under Browse and choose a Topic or Time Period under which an alphabetical listing of biographies are listed (use this option if you are uncertain of a person's name format), or you can type a name into the Search Box. The results for all resource categories will be listed under the All Results tab. Select the Biographies tab to view only biographical profiles.
Citation information is included at the end of the article.
ProQuest Historical New York Times The New York Times from 1851 to 2001 provides detailed obituaries of notable people. On the right side of the search page look under the Famous Dead People heading. You can browse for information listed by last name (select the first letter of the person's last name and view an alphabetical listing by name). After selecting a person from the list you will be directed to a page with the full name, with several tabs above it. Select the Print tab to read and print the article in a readable format. Select the Citation/Abstract tab to obtain citation information.
Career Profiles
Ferguson's Careers Guidance Center: Databse that provides career profiles; browse complete list by selecting link on left side of page.
Occupational Outlook Handbook Government publication that provides overviews of careers.
Websites: American Dream
Rethinking the American Dream Vanity Fair article
What is the American Dream? Library of Congress http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/97/dream/thedream.html
Webcast: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=3833
Deepening the American Dream: Bill Moyers Journal http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/americandream/
American Dream: Hanging by a Thread http://www.ohio.com/news/american_dream
MetLife Study of the American Dream http://www.metlife.com/assets/cao/gbms/studies/09010229_09AmDreamStudy_Web.pdf
Origin of the Term "American Dream http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/append/axs.html
Is the American Dream Dead? http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=7383523&page=1
Norman Rockwell: The American Dream http://www.nrm.org/2009/10/the-american-dream/
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? http://www.americansc.org.uk/Online/American_Dream.htm
Survey: Americans in a Pessimistic Mood: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/03/survey-americans-in-a-pessimis.html?wprss=44__
Who Has Achieved the American Dream?
The American Dream PowerPoint presentation on people who exemplify the American Dream; from the Brigham Young Univ. website.
Academy of Achievement: People Who Have Achieved the American Dream: Interviews and profiles. Use the alphabetical index at the bottom of the page to locate specific people by last name.American Idol